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How to Blow Smoke Rings
Projects

How to Blow Smoke Rings in a Safer Way

No need to inhale if you learn how to blow smoke rings with a bottle

Do You Have A Mellow Music Brain Or An Intense One?
Psychology

Do You Have A Mellow Music Brain Or An Intense One?

Cognitive style linked to preference in pop music

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Ocean

XPrize Winner Garners $1.5 Million To Fix Oceans

A win for the seas

Big Automakers Need Nokia’s Maps For Their Driverless Car Future
Self Driving

Big Automakers Need Nokia’s Maps For Their Driverless Car Future

Audi, BMW, and Daimler fight Uber and Google with sweet, sweet data

Robot Visits White House
Robots

Robot Visits White House

In honor of the ADA's 25th anniversary

Another Reason Not To Eat Sea Turtles: Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
Diseases

Another Reason Not To Eat Sea Turtles: Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

Researchers have found some nasty microbes in turtles off the coast of Mexico

Second Prototype
Projects

Rise Of The MegaBot

Giant fighting robots come to real life

Sugru Is The Play-Doh Of Glue
Projects

Sugru Is The Play-Doh Of Glue

Molds like clay and hardens into rubber

Space in a hot air balloon
Private Space Flight

Balloons Are The Future of Space Tourism

See the curvature of earth with a drink in hand

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Technology

IBM Thinks It Can Make You a Better Writer

But it's wrong

Elon Musk Reveals Cause Of SpaceX Explosion
Space X

Elon Musk Reveals Cause Of SpaceX Explosion

A support strut gone bad

Smokestacks
Pollution

Mercury Scrubbers On Power Plants Clean Up Other Pollutants, Too

Unexpected benefits are the best

Colonizing The Moon May Be 90 Percent Cheaper Than We Thought
Moons

Colonizing The Moon May Be 90 Percent Cheaper Than We Thought

And that in turn could help us get to Mars, says NASA-commissioned study

Earth
Space

This Is What Earth Looks Like From A Million Miles Away

Pale blue dot

Silicon Valley Titan Yuri Milner Bets $100M On Finding Alien Life
Space

Silicon Valley Titan Yuri Milner Bets $100M On Finding Alien Life

Scanning a million nearby stars, the 'Breakthrough Listen' project will be the world's biggest hunt for ETs

How Does The FBI Catch People Who Shine Lasers At Airplanes?
Aviation

How Does The FBI Catch People Who Shine Lasers At Airplanes?

Spoiler: not easily

*Zhenyuanlong suni*
Dinosaurs

This Is How Jurassic World’s Velociraptors Should Have Looked

Zhenyuanlong suni is the feathered raptor we've all been waiting for

Tesla Pushes The Limits Of The Model S With ‘Ludicrous Mode’
Electric Vehicles

Tesla Pushes The Limits Of The Model S With ‘Ludicrous Mode’

Upgraded performance and range -- and Autopilot status

Approved: Prosthetic Legs That Anchor Directly To The Bone
Medicine

Approved: Prosthetic Legs That Anchor Directly To The Bone

No longer just for Oscar the cat

People Were Treating Cavities 14,000 Years Ago–And It Wasn’t Pretty
Health

People Were Treating Cavities 14,000 Years Ago–And It Wasn’t Pretty

Be glad your dentist uses tools that aren't rocks